Apple iPhone iOS 26.4 update brings eight new emojis
USA Today • • technology
Key Points:
- Apple has released iOS and iPadOS 26.4 updates, introducing eight new emojis including a distorted face, ballet dancer, treasure chest, sasquatch, orca, trombone, landslide, and fight cloud.
- Apple Music gains new features such as Playlist Playground, which generates playlists from user descriptions, Concerts alerts for nearby shows, Offline Music Recognition for Shazam without internet, immersive album backgrounds, and an ambient music widget.
- Accessibility improvements include options to reduce bright effects and motion on the Liquid Glass display, along with enhanced subtitle and caption settings.
- Family Sharing now allows adults to use their own payment methods for purchases without relying on the family organizer.
- Additional updates include urgent reminder marking and filtering in the Reminders app, and advanced image creation and editing tools plus a premium content library in the Freeform creativity app.
